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Effectiveness and safety of first-generation protease inhibitors in real-world ...
Callefi, Luciana Azevedo; Villela-Nogueira, Cristiane Alves; de Barros Tenore, Simone; Carnaúba-Júnior, Dimas; Coelho, Henrique Sérgio MoraesOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of first-generation protease inhibitors for the treatment of genotype 1 hepatitis C virus-infected patients at Brazilian reference centers. METHODS: This multicenter cross-sectional study included hepatitis C virus genotype 1 monoinfected patients treated with Peg-interferon, ribavirin, and either boceprevir (n=158) or telaprevir (n=557) between July 2013 and ...
Accuracy of transient elastography-FibroScan®, acoustic radiation force impulse...
Ragazzo, Taisa Grotta; Paranagua-Vezozzo, Denise; Lima, Fabiana Roberto; de Campos Mazo, Daniel Ferraz; Pessoa, Mário Guimarães; Oliveira, Claudia PintoOBJECTIVES: Although liver biopsy is the gold standard for determining the degree of liver fibrosis, issues regarding its invasiveness and the small amount of liver tissue evaluated can limit its applicability and interpretation in clinical practice. Non-invasive evaluation methods for liver fibrosis can address some of these limitations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of transient elastogra...